Redskins

Gruden discussed his reasoning for keeping DC Jeff Haslett on board as the team’s defensive coordinator.

“The big thing with him was just trying to get him a few more horses,” Gruden said, per John Keim, “trying to get him better personnel. I’ve said a lot that it’s sometimes not so much about the plays but about the players and we’re trying to do a better job of getting better players in here to help fit his scheme and what he wants to do. We’ve given them better players that now he can go out and call a lot of different defenses and be effective as opposed to being handcuffed, so to speak, last year or whatever.”